Radiation Therapy

The radiation therapy channel covers all aspects of radiation oncology technology. Radiation therapy includes linear accelerators (LINAC), proton therapy, brachytherapy, image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), focused ultrasound, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), treatment planning systems and tomotherapy.

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February 25, 2009 – The Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) has elected Elizabeth M. Gore, M.D. chair of the Full ...

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February 25, 2009 - The most frequently cited subspecialty for radiology was neuroradiology at 17.1 percent and for ...

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February 25, 2009 - Merge Healthcare released Cedara ProPlanner 3.1, a digital solution for joint arthroscopy, trauma ...

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February 24, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology will host a connectathon at its headquarters in Fairfax ...

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February 24, 2009 - Researchers are testing the use of positron emission tomography (PET) for dose painting, but have ...

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February 24, 2009 - BrachySciences, a provider of medical devices for the treatment of early stage prostate cancer, has ...

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February 19, 2009 -Varian Medical Systems today announced that it has received CE mark for the Varian Proton Therapy ...

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Feb 18, 2009 - The SAVI applicator significantly expands the number of women who are able to benefit from breast ...

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February 17, 2009 - Doctors in Hong Kong have carried out the first treatments in south-east Asia using RapidArc ...

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February 16, 2009 - University Clinic Heidelberg, Germany reduces treatment times for the TomoTherapy Hi·Art system from ...

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February 16, 2009 - Researchers found modest benefits from an exercise program patients being treated with radiation ...

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February 16, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems will supply proton therapy equipment for the planned three-room treatment ...

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February 13, 2009 - American Shared Hospital Services (AMS) said that it is developing a proton beam radiation therapy ...

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Policy makers talk about improving the healthcare system by cutting costs. But all too often, as we have seen recently ...

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Feature | Amy Lillard

While gated imaging has made significant strides in improving precision and accuracy in delivering radiation dose, the ...

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Technology

Nucletron will show the AccuBoost system with the microSelectron high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy afterloader ...

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Modus Medical has expanded its line of QUASAR Respiratory Motion Inserts to include two new lung-equivalent models for ...

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Varian Medical Systems offers the RapidArc radiotherapy technology, which is designed to deliver IMRT reportedly two to ...

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The CIRS Model 002H9K offers a complete QA solution from CT imaging to dose verification. With the H9K, choose any point ...

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TomoTherapy Inc.’s Hi-Art treatment system 3.1 is said to be a faster version of its image-guided, intensity-modulated ...

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